United States v. United Mine Workers of America

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

|Litigants=United States v. United Mine Workers

|ArgueDate=January 14

|ArgueYear=1947

|DecideDate=March 6

|DecideYear=1947

|FullName=United States v. United Mine Workers of America

|USVol=330

|USPage=258

|ParallelCitations=67 S. Ct. 677; 91 L. Ed. 884; 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2954; 12 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 51,239; 19 L.R.R.M. 2346

|Prior=Cert. to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

|Subsequent=

|Holding=*Restraining order and preliminary injunction prohibiting a strike did not violate the Clayton Antitrust Act or the Norris–La Guardia Act.

• The trial court was authorized to punish the violation of its orders as criminal contempt.
• Fines imposed by the trial court were warranted in the situation.

|Plurality=Vinson

|JoinPlurality=Reed, Jackson, Burton

|Concurrence=Frankfurter

|Concurrence/Dissent=Black

|JoinConcurrence/Dissent=Douglas

|Dissent=Murphy

|Dissent2=Rutledge

|LawsApplied=

}}

United States v. United Mine Workers of America, 330 U.S. 258 (1947), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court examined whether a trial court acted appropriately when it issued a restraining order to prevent a labor strike organized by coal miners.{{ussc|name=United States v. United Mine Workers of America|volume=330|page=258|pin=267-69|year=1947}}. In an opinion written by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, the Court held that a restraining order and preliminary injunction prohibiting a strike did not violate the Clayton Antitrust Act or the Norris–La Guardia Act,United Mine Workers, 330 U.S. at 269. that the trial court was authorized to punish the violation of its orders as criminal contempt,United Mine Workers, 330 U.S. at 289. and that fines imposed by the trial court were warranted in the situation.